A sediment core pulled from the seabed off West Antarctica has preserved evidence of a forest that grew near the South Pole ...

Ponant Explorations, along with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), has announced the group of experts joining the ...

With approximately one-third of the world's population living within a day's walk of a coastline, sea-level rise poses a ...

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The falls contain saltwater rich with iron, which oxidizes and turns red when exposed to air. A new study provides further ...

The week of July 12 brought a 240-degree temperature swing across the globe, as Antarctica plummeted to more than 100 degrees below zero.

An Australian flight crew faced subfreezing temperatures, changing weather conditions and almost constant darkness as they ...

Antarctica is a destination of staggering extremes – home to the largest ice sheet on the planet, soaring 14,700-foot mountains, active "Ring of Fire" volcanoes and the coldest surface temperature ...

The historian journeys via icebergs and abandoned whaling stations to the last great frontier of human exploration ...

This community of microorganisms holds the answer to a longstanding scientific mystery, according to the researchers.

Antarctica’s Blood Falls looks exactly like what the feature’s name suggests. But despite appearing to bleed out for millions ...

Some 34 million years ago, when Earth was significantly warmer than it is today, Antarctica froze over. It would take another ...